It was freezing out there today, the wind so strong I could barely hear the pinpointer signal, I managed a couple of hours until common sense got the better of me, just the one notable find, the lovely little Barnstaple token shown above, it was found just 5 miles from Barnstaple in one of our stubble fields, this is the fourth we have found, two of Henry Brayerle 1663 of Bideford, 12 miles away, one that Dioz identified as George Titherley of Great Torrington 1666 about 20 miles away, one unidentifiable and now the one above, you can clearly see Barn and an S and G but not the rest, anybody have any ideas or point me to a source with photos? I cannot get an ID at the moment.
Found with the Q40 on custom at 4-5 inches deep.

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Yes I really like these local tokens, it's a bit of local history that you can touch My favourite is the 1666 (Great Fire of London) one, I wonder if they even knew about it down here? Unfortunately the back is toasted, there are letters but impossible to read, what I really want is a list of Devonian tokens with images which I've not been able to find. Thanks for looking

Brilliant thanks again Dioz, I had just stumbled across that name myself, can't find out what he did though but will keep trying, it seems that you could spend these anywhere in the local area if the business owner knew that the issuer of the token was reputable, they would keep them separate and cash them in at a later date, I think this was a period when small change was in very short supply.

Dioz,, I've posted the other local trade token, good luck i think you'll need it

Interesting about the Star Inn being on Castle Quay,, in 1588 several ships left there to support Drake against the Spanish Armada, and several ships and local men were amongst the first attempts to colonize America, the lost settlement at Roanoke had several Barnstaple and Bideford people amongst them and they too left from Barnstaple Quay I believe.

Oxgirl, amazing, how did you find that? I have some digging to do
Thank you all.